Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-17

! r..kE E request tll- teIutS stSniS l Eouses for people who live in lndiana' Illinois and OLio. Ihis aries from the
 fac. that people east aTs not informed ID tus iand laws, and thinS that all ths, Is
 necessary m taking claims K Tor the
 paper5 to be filed Oy n agent. and Then they can pay out On tho land the same as though the purchase vas from private indIviduGls.
 Any person except soldiers and sol dis.s heirs must make affidavit that they
 are aoqua;nted with the land they are entering, and also mskc affidavit that tO he bes; of their knowledge there IS 10
 uinera! CD the same.
 PRg-EMFTIcS5
 Sect,ou I76 says thes every person being the head of family, widow. or s:aGie person over the age Of tweDty-oLe and a citizen ot the United States, or having filed a declaration of intention 10 become such, ss required by the natural ,.ation lave. who has made or heresfter Iuske= A SETTLEMENT IN PERSON OF the ' cubic lands subject to pre-eIoption, and ! who inhs5its and improves tue same and , vto has erected a dwelling thereon IS authorized to ente, with the register Of the United States land office for the dis ,ric. in which the lGnd les, by legal sub division Anv nuuber of acres not ex- ceeding one hundred and sixty RoTos or
 q orurter section ot land to include the l residence of such claimant upon payiD fhe United States minimum price of | .ch land. No person who IS the rEO- prIetoT of three hundred and twenty ! acres can pfe-empt land. No person | Eho Qui,s or sbandons his own land to reside 9n pablic land in the same Btate CT territory can pre-empt. Persons can ' however, take bonesteads aud timber ' cinims whether he has Il c three hundred ! and twenty acres or not; neither does the
 law prohibit hiR taking a homestead
 when he has left 0 residence on his own
 land. The above only refers to pre- empsiODs.
 inc first requirement. ID taking c pre- amption Is tO select the quarter section
 desired. and ascertain from tine Land l Office record that It IS vacant and sub
 ject to entry. He must then mske some
 improvements. Not stick up stakes,
 bat make some substantial improve
 msnIa. and then within ninety days file
 a dsolaratory statement for the land in the local lend office, the fees for winch
 are three dollars. 4 residence must De
 established on the land when the imp.ov
 meuts gre frat begun, and continuous
 residence IS obligatory.
 After cODtiDOus residence upon a
 pre- -emption for six months settlement eau be proven aud the government price being paid, there will be final receipt i-sued to the pre-emptoT; bu. 10 case either does not desire to make final proof at the end of siI months, he has thirty three months from the time he made settlement.
 HOMESTEAD Entries must be made in person, usually before the Register of the local Land Office and tbe entry fees are sixteen dollars. The requIr, msnt5 of the home stead law are about the same as those | of the pre-emption, except that residence | csE be established within SIX months l after making fling; but bomesteads are l subject to rontesis if settlers fail to get | on the land inside of six months after | entry. Homesteads may be proved up | n SIX months and paid ont on, the same Il ss pre-emptions, but can be proved up in .Ix years without paying. Ia making final proof the settler will be required | to give the number of times he or she iss been absent from the claim, where vent, and for what they went, and are questioned regarding the amount of im- prOvemsnts they have. If ir the judgment Of the Register and Receiver the law has not beeu complied with they will not is sCe final receipt.
 TIMBER CLAIMS
 Do not require residence. Timber clains nus; be entered by personal sp- picat,cu s1nrn to within the isnd dis trIot Th5rs the land is situated, before some officer having seal and author lZec to administer Osth. Claimant must have five acres broken the first year, the s- c0nd year must have i've acres broken and sulauvste She first breaking. the third year must put trees, seeds or l cuttings 10 tho fiat five acres and culti- yCte The socc1d five; the fourth year must 5es ou: .iie second five ceres in { sTees, tree seed. or tree cuttings. If in eight years there G-e s:1 thousand sevon hundred aaC fifty crossing trees on the tract, claimant can make final proof and secure q patent GOvernueDE fees in ,imber culture claims are fourteen dol lars Tor entry and Sen dollars for final ! proof.
 All duties required by the timber cul- .lre lsws msy be done by others except ' .ae entry aud final proot; nor is he or V ihe required tC reside near the land but l Till always be expected to comply with c Le law ID regard to improvements. s
 There Is no hxed Emoun. of improve c rents required iP homestead or pre- ,mption law, residence and cultivation ! a good faith ss a homo Cnd farm to c he claimants best ability IS held 10 be be requirement. os the law. q
 SOLDIERS HoME=IEADs. !'
 Soldiers who served Ia the United states army for ninety days sDd Wer. e iOnOrably discharged and have lived ~ oval tO the government eau file declar- H tory statements Cn one hundred and v lxsy acres Of vs9ant land, by sn c gent through inc power of attorney in form prescribed by law. This power sn be executed hefore notary publIc nywhsre ia she United States, and Q srt to some rohEb!e sSent who will se- i0 sct the quarter section ot land and file D u for tae sOldier. This fling wIil bsolgtely hold the land for six months ithOut the residence of claimant. At le end of SIX months the so.dler must r e2ln residence snd make another liDg, called the final entry, ct which me he pays fee the came Bs in home cc cad cases. Soldiers are compelled 60 Cd va st least one year on their claims. te D. they csu deduct their servi1e as a H 'idier from the five years required by Ia common homestead snd thus get their T, iteni ID shorter time than he who has te U served his country as a soldier. m 0idier's widows are entitled to use he of eceCsed husbands service while in the in 'r, to assist her in proving up claim, O. "a l! the widow is dead. then one of ~. e minor heirs can use the right: bu, ii CC nst be done through the guardian O. th, Q child. Widows and orphans of sol bc er5 will not be reGuired to cultivate b.